The amount of support the budget received, Valentine said, was indicative of the regard residents have for the hard work of town staff.

Just over $3 million will go towards town operations under the budget, while $7.34 million will go to Regional School District #7, and $729,808 will be set aside for capital expenses, to include road work and the replacement of a fire engine and trucks used by the Public Works Department.

Including the capital budget, the total financial plan represents a $117,962 increase over the current fiscal year.

The tax rate in the community will be 19.6 mills, according to Valentine — a 0.9 percent increase.

Valentine said Thursday that he did not believe state legislators wanted to have municipalities make up the gap in the state funding of teacher pensions, but that there wasn’t a clear path to find funding to deal with the $400 million-plus difference in another way.

As he has in the past, Valentine voiced his opposition to the concept. The pension fund was created and administered at the state level, he said Thursday, and thus should not be a municipal responsibility.

“It’s a state of Connecticut issue,” said Valentine.

If the teacher retirement measure were included in the state budget, or funding to the community were cut to a significant extent, Valentine said a supplemental tax would be levied.